The Folders Programming Language
Shares rank 110 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
Recommended as an absurd, clever joke language where code lives in folders; critics balk at the effort needed to write even simple statements.
Recommended as an absurd, clever joke language where code lives in folders; critics balk at the effort needed to write even simple statements.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Absurd, unhinged and fun
“This is so nuts and pointless... I love it!”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “The Folders Programming Language” “absolutely unhinged, i love it”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “The Folders Programming Language” Good idea behind it
“This idea is so good, though”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “The Folders Programming Language” Inspires awe and wonder
“I can't decide if I'm in awe, or angry.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “The Folders Programming Language”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Writing statements takes huge effort
“I imagined the amount of effort it would take to write a single statement and viscerally recoiled.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “The Folders Programming Language” Folders for production software unsettling
“finding 23 million empty folders being used to define software for prod”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “The Folders Programming Language” Leaves people torn between awe and anger
“I can't decide if I'm in awe, or angry.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “The Folders Programming Language”
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See all 163 programming languages, rankedWhat people said
6 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“finding 23 million empty folders being used to define software for prod”
“I can't decide if I'm in awe, or angry.”
“This idea is so good, though”
“absolutely unhinged, i love it”
“I imagined the amount of effort it would take to write a single statement and viscerally recoiled.”
“This is so nuts and pointless... I love it!”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.